2 arrested after ‘accidentally’ shooting victim in face while smoking marijuana at Seminole park: PCSO
Deputy vehicles and crime scene tape at Seminole City Park where one person was shot early Tuesday morning.
SEMINOLE, Fla. - One person is in the hospital and two others have been arrested following an early morning shooting at the Seminole Community Center.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to the community center located at 7464 Ridge Road in Seminole for reports of a person suffering from a gunshot wound.
Investigators say the victim, along with 20-year-old Hayden Fogerty and a 17-year-old, were smoking marijuana at the community center when Fogerty began manipulating a gun he had, and it accidentally went off, striking the victim in the face.
READ: Your cell phone will receive an emergency alert test this week: Here's when and why
Deputies say both Fogerty and the 17-year-old suspect admitted they tried to hide the firearm and the shell casing by throwing it in a nearby pond.
Hayden Fogerty mugshot courtesy of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
The victim was taken to an area hospital.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Dive Team was able to recover the firearm from the pond.
A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputy cruiser at shooting scene.
Fogerty was charged with one count of tampering with physical evidence and was taken to the Pinellas County Jail.
The teenage suspect was charged with one count of tampering with physical evidence and taken to the Pinellas County Juvenile Assessment Center (PJAC).